My view: Gift puts Utah's legacy of impact investing, Salt Lake City on the map | Deseret News

My view: Gift puts Utah's legacy of impact investing, Salt Lake City on the map | Deseret News: Philanthropy in Utah took a large step on Jan. 29 when the business school at the University of Utah announced the creation of the James Lee Sorenson Center for Global Impact Investing through a $13 million personal gift from Sorenson himself. While there had been activity around impact investing in the Intermountain West, this gift put Salt Lake on the map in a new way. Why was this so different? There are several reasons.